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No. 411,705. Patented Sept. 24, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

CHARLES R. ADAMS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

POLICEMANS CLUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,705, datedSeptember 24, 1889. 7 Application filed April 20, 1889. Serial No-308,007. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. ADAMS, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Policemens Clubs; and I declare the followingto be a specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of my improved club, showing the barbs in sideelevation in position within the club. Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 2,except that the barbs are shown extended from the club. Figs. 4 and 5are detail views.

My invention relates to that class of clubs used by watchmen andpolicemen as weapons; and it consists of a club having a longitudinalbore, wherein a sliding bar is inserted, on which bar are a series ofbarbs hung pivotally at their bases and having their points passingthrough eyelet-holes in the club, said bar being drawn by a strap, so asto extend the barbs beyond the surface of the club, and withdrawn by aspring, so as to return said barbs within the club, as hereinafterparticularly described.

In the drawings, A represents the club, which is of the usual shape andmaterial. A strap B,preferably of leather,passes through a transverseslot a of the handle. The club is centrally bored lengthudse from thetip to a point in the handle. A bar or rod 0, of metal or other suitablematerial, is placed in said bore, and is capable of longitudinalmovement therein. It has a series of trans-y verse slots 5, and also atransverse slot c,- through the latter of which the strap B passes. Thebar G is drawn by the strap in a direction toward the handle. A spiralspring D is inserted at the end of said bore. The usual or normalposition of the bar is shown in Fig. 2. \Vhen the strap and bar aredrawn, the spring D is compressed, as seen in Fig. 3. XVhen the pull onthe strap ceases, the spring D returns the bar to its former position.The slot a is made suflicient-ly long to allow this pull of the barlengthwise by the strap. A series of hook-shaped barbs E (shownseparately in Fig. 4) is provided, each of which is hung in a slot 12loosely upon a pivot d. Eyelets F pass through the club atintervals fromthe outer surface to the central bore.

In Fig. 5 an eyelet is separately'shown in side elevation and top plan.It is tubular and has a half-round extension (2, and is provided with anexternal screw-thread. These eyelets are so placed in the club as toreceive the sharp ends of the barbs E, the longer or extended side 2being set toward the handle. The cutting away of the eyelet upon oneside in this manner gives space for the outward movement of the barbs,as may be seen by comparing Figs. 2 and' 3. A plug G closes the outeropening of the bore.

When the strap B is drawn toward the handle, as in Fig. 3,it pulls thebar 0 in the same direction, and the barbs E project from theeyelet-holes. When the strap is slackened, the spring D carries back thebar Gto its former position, and the barbs E are withdrawn within theeyelets F.

The purpose of my invention is to enable a policeman to keep possessionof his club when an attempt is made by his prisoner or Others to take itaway by force. As long as the officer can use his club freely he candefend himself and secure the prisoner; but in arresting and carryingaway his man the officer is liable to be attacked and overpowered andhis assailants endeavor either to take away his club from him or toseize it, so that it cannot be effectively used.

By the use of my improved club the policeman is protected from thisdanger. henever anybody attempts to seize the club or to "take it fromhis possession, the strain produced by such effort upon the strap (whichis passed around the ofticers wrist) causes the barbs to project, andthese wound and lacerate the assailants hands so that he is compelledimmediately to release his grasp upon the club.

As the barbs are normallywithdrawn within the eyelet-holes of the club,they do not interfere with the common use of the weapon. The surface isthen smooth and the barbs cannot do any harm until drawn out, asdescribed.

The club, instead of being centrally bored, may be channeled or groovedon the exterior surface thereof to a sufficient depth to allow theentire withdrawal of the barbs; but such change in the location of thebore or longitudinal opening would be within my invention.

I claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. A policemans club having a central longitudinal bore andholes at intervals extending from the outer surface thereof to saidbore, in combination with a bar movable lengthwise in said bore andhaving barbs pivotally mounted on said bar and extensible through saidholes by a pulling device, substantially as specified.

2. A club having side perforations and a central bore, in combinationwith barbs mounted pivot/ally Within said bore and extensible throughsaid perforations, and a pulling device to operate said barbs,substantially as described.

and its connected barbs inwardly, substan- 35 tially as specified.

CHARLES R. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WARREN R. PERCE, DANIEL W. FINK.

